Chicago Gun Violence: 32 People Shot In 15 Hours

Chicago has seen an incredible rise in gun violence, especially over holiday weekends.

TheChicago Tribune reports a staggering finding from the holiday weekend: 32 people were shot over the course of 15 hours in the “Windy City.”

According to the Tribune, 60 people in total were shot over the weekend and 28 were wounded between Sunday around noon and 3 a.m. Monday morning.

The amount of victims adds to the rising number of gun violence casualties in the last few months. During Memorial Day weekend, 69 people were shot, centralized on the city’s west side.

Among the victims were two cousins, a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were both shot in the leg within minutes of one another. The families of the children say they were enjoying a day playing outside when shots broke out, scattering a nearby crowd outside.